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UITP Awards
Recognising efforts to enhance life in urban areas worldwide.
The winners were announced in a special ceremony during the UITP Summit in Hamburg on 16 June 2025.
What are the UITP Awards?
As the coveted prize in public transport, the UITP Awards showcase the most ambitious and innovative projects of the last two years in cities and regions around the globe.
First launched in 2011, this will be the eigth edition of the Awards.
Projects vying for an award should position public transport as the backbone of urban and local mobility.
They should excel at enhancing quality of life in urban areas worldwide by supporting, promoting and advancing public transport.
The UITP Awards cover 9 categories, that encompass the full spectrum of our diverse sector.
UITP assembles an impartial expert jury that scores the submitted projects based on their innovation, contribution to the sector, and prospects of transferability to other cities.
Discover the winners of the eighth edition of UITP Awards below. The winners were announced in a special ceremony during the UITP Summit in Hamburg on 16 June 2025.
The UITP Awards shine a spotlight on the world’s most visionary and game-changing urban mobility projects. This year saw a record-breaking 300+ submissions, making the competition stronger than ever. Our winners exceeded every expectation, embodying the spirit of innovation and excellence. Their work is a shining example of how public transport can transform urban life and serve as the backbone of sustainable mobility. We are proud to honour them with a UITP Award!
Mohamed Mezghani, UITP Secretary General
Winners of UITP Awards 2025
Special Recognition Winners 2025
In addition to honouring winners in nine different categories, UITP Awards 2025 is proud to celebrate projects that have achieved exceptional impact within their local communities. These projects, featured below, received a special recognition distinction.
Projects are displayed in the alphabetical order by the company name.
Asis Elektronik ve Bilişim Sistemleri A.Ş.
- Next Generation Barrier-Free Access to Public Transport
- Turkey
Beijing Public Transport Corporation
- The “Bus+New Energy” ecosystem anchored by the world’s largest green bus fleet
- China
CitySwift
- Powering the future of Manchester’s Bee Network buses through AI and data
- United Kingdom
Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, Government of Espírito Santo
- Expansion of the Third Bridge and Implementation of the “Ciclovia da Vida”
- Brazil
Directorio de Transporte Público Metropolitano. Red Movilidad
- Campaign to Promote Good Practices and Prevent Fare Evasion in Public Transport
- Chile
Empresa de Transporte de Tercer Milenio, TRANSMILENIO S.A.
- Integrated public transportation System Bogotá
- Colombia
FAIRTIQ
- Denmark’s Rejsekort Goes Mobile with FAIRTIQ’s App-Based Solution
- Denmark
Federação das Empresas de Mobilidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – Semove
- Não se Cale! (Don’t be silent!)
- Brazil
Integrated Transport Center in Abu Dhabi
- STEAM+ Modelling & Analytics Framework
- United Arab Emirates
Istanbul Electricity, Tramway and Tunnel General Directorate
- Sustainable Mobility Education Center ( SMEC) Project
- Turkey
Keolis Group – Implemented by Keolis Lyon
- Resilient Urban Transport: Data-Driven Disruption Management
- France
Kochi Metro Rail Limited, A Joint Venture Company of Govt. of India & Govt. of Kerala.
- Kochi Water Metro Project (KWMP)
- India
L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Ltd
- Optimized Metro Operation Plans leading to increased Revenue per train
- India
Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA)
- EMPOWER-SHE CAN PROJECT
- Nigeria
Land Transport Authority
- Reasons to Move Lite
- Singapore
Metropolitan Transportation Authority – Metro-North Railroad
- Virtual Reality (VR) Training Program
- USA
MTR Corporation
- MTR Smart Mobility: Transformation for an Inclusive Railway Journey
- Hong Kong
Mwasalat Oman
- you see you say ‘ Safety initiative empowering employees
- Oman
NAH.SH GmbH (Nahverkehrsverbund Schleswig-Holstein)
- SMILE24 – Schlei Mobility: innovative, rural, emissions-free and 24/7
- Germany
Public Transport Authority of Santiago de Chile
- DaleQR – Promoting Sustainable Mobility through Fare Capping in Latin America
- Chile
Sarawak Metro Sdn Bhd (SMSB)
- KUTS PROJECT – AN INITIATIVE TO REDUCE 55000 TONNE OF CO2 ANNUALLY
- Malaysia
Semitan
- Bi-directional Single Lane Bus Lane:Int’EXchange group and technical recommendations
- France
South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
- Taylor Swift Eras Tour Finale readiness
- Canada
The Institute of Transportation (IOT), Ministry of Transportation and Communications ,Taiwan
- Smart E-Bus Charging Solution: Shaping the Future of electric fleets management
- Taiwan
tpg – Transports publics genevois
- tpg evomoov
- Switzerland
Transdev
- Encourage mobility by making your journey smoother, safer and more inclusive
- France
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the awards?
The UITP Awards are the coveted prize to vie for in the public and sustainable transport sector.
The UITP Awards showcase the most ambitious and innovative projects of the last two years in cities and regions around the globe.
Who is the sponsor of the UITP Awards 2025?
The Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai are the sponsors for the 2025 edition of the UITP Awards
What are the Special Recognition Awards?
The Special Recognition Awards are a part of the UITP Awards.
Those that do not win a global UITP Award will win a Special Recognition award along with other projects that stood out from a specific region (Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Asia Pacific, Eurasia, Europe, India, Latin America, MENA and North America).
When will the UITP Awards 2025 Ceremony and Special Recognition Ceremony take place?
There will be a global Awards Ceremony taking place on 16 June, and Special Recognition ceremonies divided by region taking place on 17 and 18 June.
How long have the Awards been running?
The UITP Awards started in 2011. With seven cycles successfully completed, the 2025 edition will be the eighth one.
How are the winners selected?
The submissions are first analysed by an internal group of experts from UITP. They are then sent to an international jury, made up of experts in the field, who narrow down the finalists based on pre-set criteria and select the winners.
What are the criteria used to select a winner?
Projects are evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Innovation: The novelty of an idea or invention translated into goods or services, and taking into consideration the urban and social dimension of transport, digitalisation, and energy efficiency
- Contribution: Assisting the sector ambition of increasing the public transport market share worldwide
- Transferability: The potential for the project to be replicated in another city/region
Who is eligible to make a submission for the UITP Awards?
UITP members from anywhere in the world are eligible to participate.
If you are not a UITP member and have participated in a project with a UITP member, you can ask them to make the submission, mentioning the collaboration.
Your project should have been initiated, delivered or should have hit some major milestone/s in the past 2 years – starting from 2023.
Questions?
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